From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmERd-0007vE-5y for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:00:09 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmERa-0007uE-M4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:00:08 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmERa-0007uB-ES for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:00:06 -0500 Received: from [193.252.22.158] (helo=smtp1.freeserve.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EmETW-0001tZ-61 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:02:06 -0500 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf3016.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id BB20AC400097 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:59:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from modem-3287.guenon.dialup.pol.co.uk (modem-3287.guenon.dialup.pol.co.uk [81.76.220.215]) by mwinf3016.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 63C12C400083 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:59:28 +0100 (CET) From: Trev Jackson Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:01:30 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200512131801.30551.trev@g7pvs.freeserve.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Qemu-devel] Fwd: Parallel Port Support Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hi I don't think this made it onto the list, so I'm re-sending it............ ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Parallel Port Support Date: Tuesday 13 Dec 2005 17:08 From: Trev Jackson To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hi I have also posted this (QEMU for Linux //// has anyone got their parallel port working?) on the QEMU forum regarding this, but since I understand parallel port support is recent I thought It might be useful to post on the development list as well. I am trying to capture my parallel port scanner setup data so a Linux driver can be written, (portmon for windows doesn't capture anything). I cannot currently get the scanner working on windows 98SE running on QEMU. I first downloaded the QEMU binary, but QEMU wouldn't run with the parallel port option enabled: # qemu -parallel /dev/parport0 -dummy-net -enable-audio -localtime -boot c windows.img Could not open '/dev/kqemu' - QEMU acceleration layer not activated qemu: could not open parallel device '/dev/parport0' I did the following to create the /dev/parport0 device: modprobe parport-pc && modprobe ppdev rmmod lp I then ran makedev /dev and that created /dev/parport0 to /dev/parport7 I have now built QEMU 0.7.2 from source and am getting a similar error message: # qemu -parallel /dev/parport0 -dummy-net -enable-audio -localtime -boot c windows.img qemu: could not open parallel device '/dev/parport0' Is this a problem with my set up or does this problem occur with everyones. Best Regards Trev -------------------------------------------------------